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` `Figures 'l BENJAMIN J'. GREELY, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS." 'Y

, r i y i Laim Parent No. 97,629, zaad-December 7,1869.

`IM1=RQVEMENT-IN ATTAcHMEN-.rs ron FASTENING ovERLAPPING PARTS or' GAR-Meurs.

-The Schedule referred to ix1`.these L'ettersPatent and making part ofthe sanzie.l I

To `all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN J. GRnnLY, ofBos ton, in the county Iof Suiiolk, and State` of Massachusetts, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in "Waistcoats, and Pantaloons; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making 'a part o i this specification, in which-` and 4 show aWaistcoat, with my improven-ients. y Figure 2 is a detached vieuxlFigure 3 shows pantaloons, with my improvement. The purpose of myinvention is- First, to Adispense ,with the buttons and button- 4holescommonly `used to fasten together the overlappingparts ofgarments,"which I do by substituting therefor a plate of metal, to whichis attached anar- `row strap, cord, or chain, as shown in gs; 2, 3, and

4. This is as readilyuntstened as a single button,

`holdathe garments quite as securely as. the buttons andbutton-holes,`and prevents wrinkling. I prefer to use an ela iestiiap,as thereby the garment can yield tothe otion of the body. y

I have shown Athe metal plate attachedto the inner part of` the garment,over which the vother part laps,`

as well asto the outen part, which overlaps the inner part, and this Iprefer; but it is obvious that the need `of -the metal plate is` less onthis inner part, as it Yis 'not exposed to view, and is, in a greatmeasure, prevented from wrinkliug by the outer part.

Y The second purpose of my invention is, to dispense with the Widestrapsused to take up garments around the waist, commonly sewcdon the backs ofpantaloons and waistcoats, with their free endsunted by buckles,

by substituting therefor a narrow elastic strap, vvwhich is adjustable,and is` attached at each end to 'a metal plate. This strapbeingadjustable, operates precisely as'the straps now in use, in thatrespect; but as it is V also'elastic, it has a still furtheradjustabilitly,'as its elasticity allows it to yield to the motions ofthe body without being permanently elongated, thereby keeplthe plate;but when used upon the front of the waistcoat, I prefer to insert the`plates between the pieces of cloth which form the front of thewaistooat, and to use an ornamental chain outside of the waistcoat,which is connected by-a hook and ring to the side of' thc waistcoat, farenough round tobe hid by the coat; and I prefer tolconnect the plates asshown in section in Figure 5, in which a, is the front of thepantaloons, and b shows the cloth which surrounds the plate, and issewed to the front of the pantaloons in much the same manner 'in whichthe button-holelapel is commonly made.

I donot claim to have invented any new form of plate, nor any newlmethod of attaching a plateto a garment, nor any new method of attachingthe cord, strap, or chain, to the plate; but

I do claim- 1. The combinatiouof the plate and its cord with theoverlapping part of a garment, when the plate is attached to theoverlapping part, and one end of l the cord is attached to sol/ne otherpart of the garment,

the whole combiuation being and operating substantially as speoiiied.

2. The combination of thetwo Aplates and elastic strap with the waist ofa garment, when each plate is lattached to the waist of the garment, andthe strap con-

